#D8D189#D8D189

#D8D189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.093 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D189
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 137)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 36.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -8.11, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 37.50, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0215 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.093 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6355, 62.0073, 32.6999)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D189 #8990D8

analogous

#D8AA89 #D8D189 #B8D889

triadic

#D8D189 #89D8D1 #D189D8

tetradic

#D8D189 #89D8AA #8990D8 #D889B8

square

#D8D189 #89D8AA #8990D8 #D889B8

split-complementary

#D8D189 #89B8D8 #AA89D8

monochromatic

#ADA339 #C9BF5B #D8D189 #E7E3B7 #F6F5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D8D189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#D8D189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D189

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D189	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.093 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dfac',
    500: '#d8d189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d189;
$custom-light: #e5dfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8499,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D189

secondary

#575FAE

accent

#35BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D189

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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